Chapter 838. Sandpiper and clam fight
Chinese businessmen first recommended the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the complex political environment of the countries, the frequent wars want to survive and become bigger and stronger, the unique vision, comparable to the Zonghengjia like the ideology and strategy is indispensable, and even many businessmen directly undertake the foreign policy of a country or even several countries, by promoting the political trend of the countries, or peace, or war, to achieve the purpose of seeking their own interests, among them, the first to recommend Lu Buwei, a strange commodity to live in, and even directly promote the end of the Warring States.
But now, under Mao Jue's hands, this kind of big businessman seems to have begun to revive, and Luo Yu in front of him is an example.
Although she was put on a layer of power by marriage, this girl completely relied on the experience she had accumulated in business in Central South for several years, and the political trend she had seen through to the present.
The huge Central South has actually maintained a very strange balance, taking the most marginal Annan and Champa as an example, for so many years, the reason why Annan has not destroyed the Champa in one go is because on the other side of the Changshan Mountain Range around it, there are two countries of Nanzhang and Khmer eyeing each other.
More than 200 years ago, these two countries were an ancestral Zhenla country, that is, the Angkor Dynasty that built Angkor Wat in the tropical rainforest, this dynasty was so strong that it almost became the Qin State of the Indochina Peninsula, and it was close to unifying the entire peninsula during its heyday, and it was also for the great cause of unifying the peninsula.
However, don't look at the small country of Zhancheng, but people have the convenience of the Maritime Silk Road, have accumulated a lot of wealth in long-term trade with the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the degree of land reclamation is also very high, with a population of as many as one or two million, it is not easy to provoke, if you come to fight me, we will fight to the death! These occupiers were also ruthless enough, repeatedly defeating Chenla Bu, who owned two-thirds of the Indochina Peninsula, and even once sailed up the Mekong River to attack Angkor Wat, the capital of the Angkor Dynasty.
However, the long-term war also led to a large number of deaths in the population of the two countries, the land was abandoned, the economy declined, and the two overlords of the Indochina Peninsula declined together, first of all, the fire in the backyard of Chenla, the ancestor of the Thai people, the Sukhothai Dynasty, rose and seized the vast land from the middle and upper reaches of the Mekong River to the Malay Peninsula, and the only remaining territory of the Angkor Dynasty was also broken into two pieces, the Khmer and the Southern Palm, that is, Cambodia and Laos in later generations.
On the other hand, Champa also declined, and was attacked by the rising state of Annam in the north, and its territory was repeatedly encroached upon, and the territory of the southwest, south, and south was lost successively, and it has shrunk to the point of a country within a state.
Besides, Sukhothai, who seized a large territory of the Angkor Dynasty, that is, the ancestors of the Thais in later generations, did not have a prestige for long, the social structure of the Thai people at this time was still too primitive, a bit like the relationship between Zhou Tianzi and the feudal vassal states of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the core of the empire was extremely close to the city of Sukhothai, and the farther ones were composed of tribal forces to carry out autonomy one by one, naturally, it was invaded from other places.
This foreign enemy is the Burmese who have risen further west.
More than 200 years ago, the Burmese marched eastward, broke through the city of Sukhothai in one go, killed the king, plundered more than 30,000 prisoners and returned to the west, and the collapse of Sukhothai also gave the current Ayutthaya Dynasty a chance to rise, but the two countries also formed a blood feud.
Luo Yu took advantage of the main contradiction between the two Indochina Peninsula countries, Bangkok is only a few dozen miles away from the city of Ayutthaya, the Ming Dynasty went into battle shirtless, even if there are only a few thousand people, it still brings great military pressure to Ayutthaya, in order to guard against the Ming Dynasty, Siam is to gather a large number of troops in the capital, which gives the feuding Burmese a chance.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Siamese army's southward advance, the eastern Burmese general Mang Liang had already led the army eastward in the name of helping the Ming Dynasty to recruit the Ming Dynasty, and successively broke through the border provinces of Poipet and Pailin, and marched to the Tonle Sap Lake in the core area of Siam, and then fought the Sukhothai War.
If you want not to destroy the country, you naturally have to appease the next party, and compared to the vicious feud, the Ming of the State of Etiquette seems to be a little better talking!
In the gorgeous living room of the salt business, the old face of the Minister of State Pabilo was as sad as a frosted eggplant, and he bowed very earnestly: "Lord of the Celestial Empire, Siam basically accepts the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and the king can immediately send Prince Roye and Princess Sully to the north to ask for guilt from the Ming Dynasty!" Siam is willing to follow the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, pay tribute every year, and come to the dynasty every year! ”
In the past, the Ming Empire was the first one in Southeast Asia, and if it could be beaten, it would be a grandson, and if it could not be beaten, it would be a grandson, and the grandson would not only allow the Ming Dynasty to withdraw from the army, but also obtain rich gifts and profits from the Ming Dynasty through tribute, and it was just a name to pay! This old guy obviously still has this idea, and the negotiation conditions are also to avoid the important and light.
It's a pity, what age is this? Still a vassal suzerain? Although the old guy looked like a lost prodigal son, Luo Yu didn't eat it at all, and the little girl shook her head very coldly.
"The suzerain's tribute is a matter for the Ministry of Rites, the concubine is only in charge of the expedition, and Bangkok is leased by the East India Company, and the compensation is five million taels of silver, these two things cannot be seen, and three days later, the gunboats of the concubine will go up the Mekong River and continue to attack!"
It's not good to pretend to be a grandson? Stunned for a moment, the Minister of State Pabilo suddenly roared viciously like a vicious dog with bared teeth and wanted to bite people: "Siam is only grateful for the benevolence of the state of etiquette in the Celestial Empire, so he is willing to call the minister Nagong, shake hands and make peace, non-Siam is afraid of the Ming Dynasty, if the little girl you are aggressive, don't blame Siam for fighting to the death of a fish, when the time comes, the lives of the soldiers under your command will not be guaranteed, and the reputation of the Ming Dynasty will be ruined!" ”
"Is that to continue the war? Come on, send the prime minister off the ship! ”
Pabiro is so angry that she almost vomits blood, good guy, this little girl doesn't eat hard and soft! Without frowning, he was really about to get off the boat, seeing Luo Yu calmly turn away, the old face really couldn't hold it, and the old guy simply brushed his sleeves away, calming the dense gods and Buddhas on his body, and got off the boat angrily.
While walking, Papilo was still viciously shouting how to kill the Ming people, and threw the corpses into the Mekong River to feed the fish, but before he could go out, a burst of explosions like thunder on a sunny day suddenly rang behind him, and he turned his head in amazement, but saw that the giant East India Company gunships anchored in the harbor of Bangkok were like a convulsion, and the artillery fire rang out one after another, and the direction of their bombing was actually in the city of Bangkok.
For a while, the artillery fire was flying, the shrapnel crackled like rain on the Siamese houses with wood and mud, and for a time the houses collapsed, the walls were destroyed, and the residential buildings were scrambling to collapse, but they never thought that the disaster suddenly befell them, and the frightened Siamese people rushed to escape from the house, but they fell in a pool of blood under the slaughter of the artillery fire, and the scene was extremely cruel.
It's not just about killing chickens and monkeys! There are still 30,000 or 40,000 Siamese people in Bangkok, and the Ayutthaya in the north is heavily armed, and the Siamese people in the city are also ready to move.
Ci is not in charge of the soldiers! Luo Yu doesn't have the pretentiousness of those Ming civil officials in the past, since the talks have collapsed today, then she must bear the brunt of this internal hidden danger, otherwise once the battle starts, these guys will attack from behind, even if she is not defeated, she will have to be embarrassed.
However, this brutal artillery slaughter, the sound of bombardment and screams one after another frightened the two wars of Siam, and his face was full of incredulity, and he was stunned for a few minutes, but Pabilo rushed towards the harbor where the salt merchant was anchored!
After half an hour, the negotiation table was once again placed in the reception room of the salt merchant, Luo Yu was still the same breezy and careless appearance, but he could still hear the artillery fire one after another, Pabiluo completely lost the demeanor of a country, his fist banged on the table, and the old dry man roared with all his might.
"Poisoning the defenseless, where is the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty? The country wants to send envoys to the Celestial Empire to protest your cruelty to the Ming Emperor! ”
"Oh, whatever! That's what the prime minister wants to say when he comes back? The concubine knows, please go back! ”
I really couldn't imagine how she could give birth to such a demon as Luo Yu, but seeing that her little girl turned calmly and wanted to go back again, Pabiro was really helpless, the old guy almost didn't cry, and he knocked the table hard again.
"If you want it in Bangkok, I'll give it to you! But five million taels of silver, even if the city of Ayutthaya is demolished, there will be no five million taels of silver in the country! ”
"It's okay, don't you have taxes? You can installment it! ”
The old guy was still dumbfounded, Luo Yu reached out and pulled down the golden bead abacus hanging from his waist, and the green jade fingers were pulling and calculating it while still looking at it.
"The annual interest rate is ten percent, and the spring and autumn are credited, do you Siamese want to pay it off thirty years ago, or fifty years?"
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Just when the bowels of the Siamese monarchs and ministers regretted were almost green, Annam on the coast was a grand occasion, with the acquiescence of the Ming Dynasty, the Vietnamese army drove straight in, successively conquered Hue, the corpse port, and the occupants could not resist, if the war went well, at the end of this year, it would be completely wiped out in the east of the Changshan Mountains, and the ancient country of the South China Sea, which had been playing against Annam for more than 600 years, was no longer a problem.
And at this time, it was the time when the Ruan clan and the Zheng clan were fighting for power and profit, if the Ruan clan destroyed the city and overwhelmed the Zheng clan, thinking that Ruan Viet Lian, who personally supervised the 30,000 troops to the south, had even passed through the Chinese army, and seemed to see the scene of his Ruan lord replacing the Li Dynasty and becoming the king of Da Viet, or even the emperor of Da Viet.
However, people can't always expect too much, just when the minister of the capital was thinking about Lian Pianmeizi, the rapid sound of horses' hooves broke his reverie, and a few minutes later, looking at the urgent military information sent by Shenglong at hand, Ruan Yue even had an old face as wrinkled as dried pork liver.
The situation on the peninsula is like dominoes, Siam was hit by the double blow of the Ming army and Burma, without Siam in the back, Nanzhang and Khmer could not hold back their greed, and they made a move against the empty Annam in the rear!
At this point, Luo Yu's plan to pick five countries by one person can be regarded as completely formed, and the entire Indochina Peninsula has been dragged into the quagmire of war!
(End of chapter)